Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-01
ST. STEPHEN.
nr. Talmagc's Discourse at the
Tabernacle.

.,,. RaphaelS Exhibited In His Mar
Gazing into Heaven Lookin,
Professionalism Dying Prayer
a,oor1yS. June 12.-This morning a
.u,bsrnacie the Rev. T. DE Witt Tai.
Be '' u. d., expounded appropriate pass.
Pase ~ scripture, after which the congre-
gs :,o u sang the favorite hymn: "There is
p'.o -, tbe weary" The reverend doctors
$. W. wos Acts vii. $500: Behold, see
nooyens opened, and the Son of Man
ENG liin on the right hand of God. Then
a ~ rr;el out with loud voice and
saansl their ears, and ran upon him with
0 W accord. and cast him out of the city,
Y, stoned him; and the witnesses laid
~, their clothes at o young mans feet
sosa name was Saul. And they stoned
,snhen, calling upon God, and saying,
Va Jesus, receive my spirit. And he
s 0,s down, and cried with loud
am. Lord. lay not this sin to their
ssrre. And when he had said this, he
II asleep" The preacher said:
Stephen had been preaching q rousing
s,mou, and the people could not stand it.
nav .s,' resolved to do as men sometimes
Foriil like to do in this day, if they dared,
,,h some plain preacher of righteous
sss-S!! him. The only way to silence
Is man was to knock the breath out of
in. so they rushed Stephen out Of the
ATS Of the city, and With curse, and
s,ap. md below they brought him 10 the
a y as vas the custom when they wanted
nse away life by stoning. Having
.oroht him to the edge of the cliff they
N.Iol him off. After he had fallen thew
AM, r, and looked down, and seeing that he
rs'' not yet dead, they began to drop
4,nas upon him, stone after stone. stone
|nsr . stone. Amid this horrible rain of
,ssies stephen Chambers up on his
noes and folds his hands, while the blood
Una from his temples to his cheeks, from
Il cheeks to his garments, from his gar
aeps to the ground; and Their, looking up,
makes two prayers. one for himself
ND one for his murderers. "Lord Jesus,
scsiye my spirit" that was for himself
[Tori, Law not this sin to their CHARGE"
hat was for his assailants. Then, from
,.r and loss of blood, he swooped away
rl fell asleep.
want to show you to-day five pictures
Stephen gazing into heaven, Stephen
Eooying ut Christ, Stephen stoned, Stephen
in HI, dying prayer, Stephen asleep.
First look at Stephen gazing into
Raven. Before you take leap you want
kakuow where you are going to land. Be-
fire vou climb ladder you want to know
IL what point the ladder reaches. And it
Vas right that Stephen, within few mo-
nepts Of Heaven, should be gazing into it.
w. would all do we'll to be found in the
same posture. There is enough in Heaven
byeep US gazing. \ man of large wealth
nav have statuary in the hall, and paint
np; in the sitting room, and works of art
N all parts of the house; but he has the
dtf pictures in the art gallery, and there,
hour after hour, YOU walk with catalogue
and glass and ever increasing admiration.
Well, Heaven is the gallery where God has
ealsrcd the chief treasures of his realm.
Its whole universe is his palace. In this
lrtr room where we stop there are many
.Mnments- tessellated floor of amethyst
giblossom. and on the winding cloud
p.s are stretched out canvas on which
rningle azure, and purple, and saffron,
:. gold. But Heaven is the gallery in
u. the chief glories are gathered.
ny are the brightest robes. There are
Eachest crowns. There are the highest
liiarations. John says of it: "The
hgs of the earth shall bring their honor
nd glory into it." And see the process
lion forming; and in the line come all en-
pres, and the stars spring up into an arch
i, the hosts to march under. They keep
step to the sound OF earthquake and the
pitch Of avalanche from the the mountains,
and the flag they bear is the flame Of q
consuming world, and all Heaven turns
gu! with harps and trumpets and myriad
voiced acclamation of angelic dominion to
Welcome them in, and SO the kings OF the
earth bring their honor and glory into it.
Doyou wonder that good people often
snnl like Stephen, looking into Heaven?
We have great many friends there. There
i not a man in this house to-day so iso.
ls!ediin life but there is some one in
heaven with whom he once shook hands.
Asa man gets older The number of his
CELESTIAL acquaintance very rapidly multi
Plies. We have not had one glimpse of
1lsa since the night we kissed them good
eye and they went away; but still we stand
gazing at Heaven. AS when some of our
!seads go across the sen we stand on the
oc,k Or on the steamtug and watch them,
and otter awhile the hulk of the vessel dis
appears, and then there is only patch of
ss!l on the Sky, and soon she is gone, and
1hey; are all out of sight, and yet we stand
ssokins IN the same direction; so when our
lslenas go away from us into the future
world we keep looking through the Mar
lows and gazing and gazing. rs though we
expected that they would come out and
sGhd on some evening cloud, and give us
e e glimpse Of their blissful and trans
figured figured faces. While you long to join
I lsls companionship. and the years and
IsuaSs 80 with such tedium that they
We. .seaS Your heart, and the viper of pain
sau sorrow and bereavement keeps gnnw-
w. al your vitals, You still stand, like
iis ,e gazing into Heaven. You Won
W et II they have changed since you saw
s msM last. You wonder if they recognize
t tuuI lace now, so changed has it been with
a d.yl. You wonder if, amid the myriad
Ssaish's they have, they care as much for
i ioI. as they used to when they gave you q
r ren hand and put their shoulder under
syuf burdens. You wonder if they look
s srs older; and sometimes in the
rr,os we when the house is all quiet,
; ;va wonder if you should call them by
s rVi lifst name if they would not answer,
s~a perhaps sometimes YOU do make the
r aaps1llnent, and when no one but God and
, s.,5 are there you distinctly call their
I r,a :, and listen and wait, and sit gazing
r, "a ass on now and see Stephen looking
Of pEu W. . hrlst. My text says he saw the Son
lo. u' 10 at the right hand of God. just
ia !, nrlst looked in this world, just how
wiz looks in Heaven, we cannot say. A
i r.,' 81 IN the time of Christ says, describ-
h. b ase S,avior's personal appearance, that
and 'ao l. blue eyes and light complexion,